New Treatment Paradigms in CAD/PAD: When and How to Switch Therapy

The goal of this activity is to inform clinicians of new antithrombotic options for patients with polyvascular disease who undergo lower limb revascularization.
 
Educational Partner: Medscape, LLC
 
Medium: Online Presentation
 
Commercial Support: Supported by an educational grant from Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., administered by Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC

Target Audience

This activity is intended for cardiologists, primary care physicians, surgeons, and nurses.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will:
 
  • Have greater competence related to
    • Tailoring antithrombotic strategy in patients with stable CAD and polyvascular disease
    • Use of antithrombotic therapy in patients with stable PAD
Additional information
ACGME/ABMS Core Competencies: 
Patient Care and Procedural Skills
Medical Knowledge
Practice-based Learning and Improvement
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Summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 0.25 Nursing Contact Hours
  • 0.25 Participation
Activity opens: 
03/31/2020
Activity expires: 
03/31/2021
FACULTY
Manesh R. Patel, MD
Professor of Medicine
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, United States
 
John W. Eikelboom, MBBS
Professor
Department of Medicine
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
CONTENT REVIEWER
Vice Chair for Clinical Operations
Department of Medicine
Section of Cardiology
University of Chicago Medicine
 

Disclosure Declarations
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Additionally, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration, at first mention and where appropriate in the content.

 

Accreditation Statements
 
Developed through a partnership between the University of Chicago Medicine and Medscape Education.
 
Physician Credit
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing Credit
In support of improving patient care, Medscape LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
 
Awarded 0.25 contact hour(s) of continuing nursing education for RNs and APNs; 0.25 contact hours are in the area of pharmacology.
 
Other Healthcare Professions Credit
Other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
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